How do you get ready for the future? State and local governments and educational institutions have had their hands full dealing with the present over the course of 2020 and 2021. Yet, the future is rushing at us, partly because […]
Government today is both centralized and distributed. For all the halls of power around Washington, D.C., there are thousands of government employees in offices big and small – and now working remotely from home – all around the world. With […]
For many years, we’ve talked about the need for government agencies to transform their IT systems and operations to better serve their missions and meet the needs of their constituents. While every agency may not have achieved all its modernization […]
Did you know that the 9-1-1 emergency number for public safety is more than 50 years old? A 1966 study by the National Academy of Sciences identified a growing number of injuries and deaths because first responders weren’t notified quickly […]
Ah, January – the time of new beginnings! This is the month named for the Roman god Janus, the god of doorways, who had two faces so he could look backwards and forward at the same time. As we approach […]
In science fiction, from Star Trek to Star Wars, the protagonists always hold small devices in their hands which they use to diagnose illnesses, cast holograms, or fire on foes. That’s great stuff but for the geeks among us, we […]
While the pandemic has created many challenges in the delivery of state and local governmental services, it also has created an opportunity to rethink how those services are provided to the public. The acceleration of work-from-anywhere environments has spurred organizations […]
A big part of my job is listening to people as Lumen Technologies vice president of the state and local government, education and public safety market. Yes, I know it’s a long title. Each part of it represents a group […]
I’ve worked with federal government agencies for most of my career. One of the things that always struck me about the people I work with is the way they want to use technology to connect the present to the future. […]
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is upon us. Like each previous instance of fundamental change in the world–the steam engine, mass electrification and the silicon chip, the public sector has been both a supporter and a beneficiary of these revolutionary […]
